Tea-kettle top



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U. E. SHULTZ, Tea Kettle Top.

NO. ,725. Patented Jan. 18,188l.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

G. EDWARD SHULTZ, OF FORT HOWARD, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUIS DE LEPORTE, OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

TEA- KETTLE TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,725, dated January 18, 1881.

Application filed May 22, 1880.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, (J. EDWARD SHUL'rz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Howard, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new Improvement in Tea-Kettle Tops, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

It is known that the top of a tin tea-kettle will corrode and rust through at the rim around the edge of the cover. Long before the body of the kettle is 'worn out the cover drops inside of the kettle, and the rim becomes ragged. The hands are often scalded by the steam, as no cover will stay on. This is caused by the steam escaping between the rim of the kettle and the edge of the cover, which leaves a deposit of lime where the cover rests, and soon eats through; so in a short time the top is worn out and cannot be repaired. Several improvements have been attempted, but have failed in consequence of the material used having been too thin; and, having been soldered on the inside of the rim, caused it to rust out as quick as before.

The objects of my improvements are First, to provide a collar, made of malleable iron or other metal, to fit around the rim on the top of a tea-kettle or other vessel one-eighth of an inch thick and three fourths of an inch wide, or wider, to suit differentsizes, with lugs for the handle attached thereto. This collar is tinned and riveted to the tea-kettle top, after which the whole top is retinned, making a solid rim over one-eighth of an inch thick, which will not rust through until the body of the kettle is worn out, when the collar may be used for another kettle. This collar is also designed to strengthen the top of the kettle or other vessel upon which. it may be used, so that the said top will be kept in shape. The lugs being attached to the collar prevents their coming off, as heretofore.

Second, to provide a cover, made of malleable iron or other metal, to swing horizontally (No model.)

on a pivot through the collar and close to the lug on the back of the kettle, riveted permanently to prevent its dropping off, thereby scalding the hands; or I may use a tight-fitting tin or copper, or part tin, part copper, cover.

Figure l is a top view of a tea-kettle top; Fig. 2, a side view, and Fig. 3 a sectional view.

The leading features of my improvements consist in a collar, A, made of malleable iron or other metal, with lugs B and six or more rivets, 0, all formed in one piece. The collar is one-eighth of an inch thick and three-fourths of an inch or more wide, and is tinned. The breast or top is pressed or spun into shape, with a recess to receive the collar D, and it is provided with holes, through which pass rivets E. The whole top is retinned, forming a solid rim, or the collar may be soldered to the tin at the edgesF G. The collar is made concave and turned down over the edge of the tin G.

A cover, made of malleable iron or other metal, is adapted to swing horizontally on a pivot, I, riveted to a washer, K, beneath the collar.

I am aware that prior to my invention iron 0 covers for tea-kettles have been made to swing horizontally. I am also aware that a copper rim has been patented to prevent rust. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, in a tea-kettle top, of a malleable-iron collar, A, with lugs B and rivets 0, formed in one piece and tinned, substantially as set forth and described.

2. The combination, with the breast, provided with the recess and the perforations, of the collar A, having rivets or projections (J, substantially as set forthand described.

0. EDWARD SHULTZ.

Witnesses:

JOHN GRoPE, ARTHUR PLOUFF. 

